Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> > wrote: > > So the expanation that remains true when you examine it is: People > > wanted a literal syntax to create a zero-length tuple. A pair of parens > > is that literal syntax, and it's the parens that create the (empty) > > tuple. > > But parens do NOT create a one-element tuple, and that's usually where > people trip up.
So let's stop saying “parens do not create a tuple”, because that's just wantonly creating *another* stubling block. -- \ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, | `\ Brain, but don't you need a swimming pool to play Marco Polo?” | _o__) —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
